BIG TEST

Last week was okay, didn't hit all my workout goals but did get a run, a ride and a fair amount of yoga in.  I've discovered that I really don't have the room in my for Tai Chi without a fair amount of re-arranging of furniture so I think that project is going to be on hold for a while.

Friday my mother-in-law arrived for my brother-in-law's 40th birthday and his daughter's first birthday (they are a day apart).  Additionally, my sister-in-law's parents also flew up for the celebrations.  My mother-in-law has had some recent foot surgery so most of the celebrations happened here at my house.  I thought this would be bad for my adult beverage consumption but was happy to discover it just wasn't that big an issue.  Mom-in-law is on pain meds for her feet and shouldn't be drinking anyway and I volunteered for daddy-duty and watched the kids while the rest went out to eat (and drink).  I'm up a little from the two rounds of birthday cake and ice cream but not bad.

Days left: 11

Drink log: 30/56 and 8 day with none.

Miles Ridden: 334.5/750

Miles Run: 53/100

Sunday Bloody Sunday.

After 71 days culminating with 6 hours of daddy duty (entertaining the 7 and 5 yr olds by myself) I decided I would break my beer fast. Last night I had the equivalent of 4 beers. Didn't seem to get buzzed, just sleepy. Woke up at 2am and stayed awake until 5:30ish. Finally got back to sleep just as the rest of the household started waking up. Now I feel like crap and and have a headache.
Oh, and my weight is up 5.2 pounds from Saturday's post run weight of 176.8. NICE!

I have absolutely no interest in drinking beer again. Call me a quitter if you want. I'm done.

Days left: 18
Drink log: 30/56 and 1 day with none.
Miles Ridden: 323/750
Miles Run: 48/100

FRIDAY

Well exercise-wise today fell right in the pot. Work was a complete zoo, started early and straight through lunch. Will have to do better tomorrow. Weight is still tracking down into 178 pound range. The flaxseed chip replacement is working great, tasty and holds up strong in both salsa and hummus!
Hoping to do today's run in the morning, maybe even hook up with the marathon trainers for a while.

Did get 16 miles worth of the tobacco trail ridden with Tim yesterday, they're working on parts of it so we didn't get to do it all and may not for a while. We'll see.

Days left: 21
Drink log: 26/56 and 70 days with none.
Miles Ridden: 323/750
Miles Run: 43/100

Well, I'm surprisingly sore. Did the 5 mile run on Monday and 16 Mile ride with Tim yesterday. But even splitting up yogax and kicking off Abripper with just 17 reps has put the whoop-ass on me in places I'd forgotten about. Oh well, pain is weakness leaving the body right?

Weight is still tracking down, 180.4 today. Green smoothies FTW!

I'm trying out a new raw recipe today, put tomatoes, flax seed, lemon juice, garlic and some red onion in the food processor, and am dehydrating the spread out results to make a potato chip replacement. I love salsa and hummus but don't like the extra salt and so on from regular chips, so I'm going to try this as a substitute. Hope it works, also made salsa since I was making a mess anyway and right now the house smells REALLY GOOD.

Not sure if I'm going to run today or start Tai Chi, looks like rain so maybe that'll be the deciding factor.

Days left: 23
Drink log: 26/56 and 68 days with none.
Miles Ridden: 307/750
Miles Run: 43/100

8 Weeks to go

I'm planning to kick off a round of P90X Classic starting Nov 3rd, only 8 weeks from today. I'm going to spend these weeks preparing by cutting weigh and working on my weak spots, especially yogax and abripper. Started back today with the first 1/3 of yogax and abripper set to 17 reps this morning and then did a 5 mile run at lunch. The plan is yoga every morning & abripper 3times a week in the morning and run twice a week, cycle twice a week, tai chi twice a week for lunch. I've got some 'maybe' plans for 10-15 minute workouts around 10:30am and 3:30pm to complement snack time - we'll see how that shakes out.

So I made a green smoothie with turnip greens today. Threw in frozen mango, blueberries, apple and a bananna. I can honestly say this is the first time I've ever successfully consumed turnip greens. The smoothie was pretty dang tasty.

Around 181 pounds today, hoping to be around 170 at kick off. I think it's doable.

Days left: 25
Drink log: 26/56 and 66 days with none.
Miles Ridden: 291/750
Miles Run: 43/100

14 years ago today, a year ago tomorrow

14 years ago today I met my wife.  That seems like it should be a long time, but its passed in the blink of an eye. 

A year ago tomorrow I posted to this blog for the very first time.  A lot has changed in the past year, and there's no doubt that in that time I've built a better Wes.  However, there's always room for improvement (and Jello!) and I'm looking forward to what comes next.

Monday and today I did rung 27 of the LoL (Ladder of Life) as decribed in the Hacker's Diet, yesterday I met with Rico for a 17 mile road ride.  Think the Green Smoothies are doing good things to me, we cranked that ride and it felt GOOD.

Wow, over two months without a single adult beverage.  I don't think I've done that as long as I've been of legal drinking age.

Days left: 30
Drink log: 26/56 and 61 days with none.
Miles Ridden: 273.5/750
Miles Run: 38/100